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Heeds vs Heels - What's the difference?

heeds | heels |

As nouns the difference between heeds and heels

is that heeds is while heels is .

As a verb heeds

is (heed).

heeds

English

Verb

(head)
  • (heed)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • heed

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Careful attention.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.

    Usage notes

    * Often used with give, pay or take.

    Synonyms

    * (careful attention) attention, notice, observation, regard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  • * Dryden
    • With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .
  • * 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, " Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
    • Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.
  • (archaic) To pay attention, care.

    • heels

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • High-heeled shoes.
    • She wore a short skirt and heels .

    See also

    * cool one's heels (wait impatiently) * dig in one's heels (firmly or stubbornly keep ideas when opposed) * drag one's heels, drag one's feet (procastinate) * head over heels (tumbling upside down) * hot on somebody's heels (close behind) * kick one's heels (wait impatiently) * kick up one's heels (dance) * take to one's heels (flee) * turn on one's heel (suddenly turn away to leave)